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Ms. Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the proportion of female and male part-time workers in the south-west and in Avon, respectively, whose hourly earnings, exclusive of overtime, fell below (a) £2·80, (b) £3·00, (c) £3·20, (d) £3·60, (e) £4·00 and (f) £4·50 in April 1989.
Mr. Nicholls
The estimated percentages of part-time adult female employees earning below specified amounts in the new earnings survey sample in April 1989 were:
| Hourly earnings less than | Avon | South West |
| (£) | (per cent.) | (per cent.) |
| 2·80 | 41 | 44 |
| 3·00 | 48 | 53 |
| 3·20 | 57 | 61 |
| 3·60 | 68 | 73 |
| 4·00 | 78 | 80 |
| 4·50 | 86 | 86 |
Note:
Hourly earnings excluding overtime, earnings not affected by absence.
Equivalent figures for part-time males are not available.